The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad
"The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale" by Joseph Conrad is a novel first published in installments in 1905–1906 and in book form in 1907. Set in 1886 London, it follows Adolf Verloc, a secret agent and shop owner who lives with his wife Winnie and her intellectually disabled brother Stevie. When Verloc is pressured to bomb Greenwich Observatory to provoke public outrage against anarchists, the operation goes catastrophically wrong. The story explores
themes of espionage, terrorism, exploitation, and the devastating consequences of deception within a family. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Agent |
| Credits | David Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | London (England) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Political fiction |
| Subject | Conspiracies -- Fiction |
| Subject | Anarchists -- Fiction |
| Subject | Bombings -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 974 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 1997 |
| Most Recently Updated | Feb 12, 2023 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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